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#@&**..... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND .....**&@#
@&**~~~... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ...~~~**&@
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&**~~..... ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. .....~~**&
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@&**...... WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ......**&@
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##@&***~.. OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS ..~***&@##
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@&***~~~.. YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A ..~~~***&@
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&&**~..... THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. .....~**&&
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&&*~~..... ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO .....~~*&&
&**....... "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE .......**&
@&&**~.... TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD ....~**&&@
@**....... DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. .......**@
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##@&***~.. A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE ..~***&@##
##@&***~.. IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE ..~***&@##
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##@&***~.. CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ..~***&@##
&**....... EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND .......**&
##@&***~.. KILL THE DEER. ..~***&@##
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